Chapter 7

Question 1

republicanism

Answer 1

political theory of representative government, based on the principle of popular sovereigntu, with a strong emphasis on liberty and civic virtue. Influential in eighteenth century American political thought; stood as an alternative to monarchical rule

Question 2

Radical Whigs

Answer 2

Eighteenth century British political commentators who agitated against political corruption and emphasized the threat to liberty posed by arbitrary power; made colonists alert to enroachments on their rights

Question 3

mercantilism

Answer 3

Economic theory that said a nation’s economic wealth ( and therefore its political and military power) could be measured in gold/silver, and that America should provide for Britain, and buy only British goods.

Question 4

Sugar Act

Answer 4

Passed by Prime Minister George Grenville in 1763, it was a duty on imported sugar from the West Indies

Question 5

Quartering Act

Answer 5

Passed in 1765, required certain colonies to provide food/quarters for British troops

Question 6

stamp tax

Answer 6

Passed by Prime Minister George Grenville in 1765, mandated the use of stamps on commercial and legal documents, certifying tax

Question 7

admirality courts

Answer 7

Courts that lacked juries and placed burden of proof on accused used for offenders of violating the Acts passed by Grenville (Sugar,Quartering,Stamp)

Question 8

Stamp Act Congress

Answer 8

Assembly of delegates from nine colonies who met up in New York City in 1765 to draft a petitiom for the repeal of the Stamp Act; promoted intercolonial unity

Question 9

nonimportation agreements

Answer 9

Boycotts against British goods adopted in response to the numerous Acts passed by the British in 1765

Question 10

Sons / Daughters Of Liberty

Answer 10

Patriotic mobs who protested the Stamp Act and enforced nonimportation agreements

Question 11

Declaratory Act

Answer 11

Passed in 1766, reaffirmed Parliament’s right to bind the colonies in all cases

Question 12

Townshend Acts

Answer 12

Passed in 1767 by Charles Townshend, they were indirect taxes on glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea, the revenues going to pay the salaries of royal governors and judges in America

Question 13

Boston Massacre

Answer 13

On March 5, 1770, a clash between Bostonian protesters and British redcoats with resulted in the British shooting and killing/wounding 11 citizens

Question 14

committees of correspondence

Answer 14

Local committees established to mantain colonial opposition to British policies through the exchange of letters and pamphlets

Question 15

Boston Tea Party

Answer 15

Protest against the British East India Company’s newly acquires monopoly on the tea trade. Colonists, dressed as Native Americans, dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston harbor

Question 16

Intolerable Acts

Answer 16

Passed in response to the Boston Tea Party in 1774, revoked a number of rights in the Massachusetts colonial charter and expanded the Quartering Act to allow the lodging of soldiers in private homes

Question 17

First Comtinental Congress

Answer 17

Convention of delegtes from 12/13 colonies in Philadelphia to craft a response to the Intolerable Acts

Question 18

The Association

Answer 18

Created by the First Continental Congress , it was an agreement calling for the complete boycott of British goods

Question 19

Lexington and Concord

Answer 19

First battles of the Revolutionary War

Question 20

Valley Forge

Answer 20

Encampment in 1777-1778 where George Washington’s army spent a winter, where hundreds died due to lack of supplies

Question 21

camp followers

Answer 21

Women and children who followed the Continental Army, cooking and sewing in return for rations